Women'S Self Defense Course

Empower yourself with the skills to fight back with this comprehensive, easy to learn, Women's Self Defense Course!

What you'll learn
Understand crucial mental skills such awareness, avoidance, de-escalation, boundary setting, and verbal commands to avoid potentially harmful situations.
Develop simple and effective reactions to hit soft or vital targets on an attacker in almost any situation.
Learn quick and effective techniques against common grabs and holds such as wrist grabs, choke, hair grabs and more.
Explore ground-based defenses against common attacks and pinned positions. Assess targets, leverage your strengths, and get to safety.
Requirements
There are no prerequisites for taking this course or prior experience needed. Many of the skills are also very easily adaptable to individual physical abilities.
Make sure you have plenty of space to practice as well as a soft surface to work on for the ground portions of training such as a yoga mat or carpeted area.
This training can also be done with a partner and is encouraged however it is not necessary to have a training partner, and this can be done alone as well. Be patient, take your time and don’t be afraid of using as much repetition or rewinding as you need to help build the skills!
Description
This course is designed to take you through a comprehensive skills set covering a variety of topics and scenarios both on your feet and on the ground.  Starting with understanding the basics and progressing through several specific techniques to escape common holds and attacks as well as ground based defense.Key Skills:Where to hit, soft/vital targets!How to attack safely for you and effectively to them!Quick responses to escape common holds and grabs (wrist, chokes, hair grabs, etc.)What to do if you are on the ground and how to get an attacker off of you!Course Outline:Lecture: "Layers of Defense" - Mental skills to avoid potentially dangerous situations.Lesson #1 - Stand Up: Single Wrist & Double Wrist GrabLesson #2 - Ground: Kicking & Keeping DistanceLesson #3 - Stand Up: Front & Rear ChokesLesson #4 - Ground: Mounted Defense (attacker sitting on top of you)Lesson #5 - Stand Up: Bear Hug & Rear Hair GrabLesson #6 - Ground: Inside Guar (attacker is between your legs)Lesson #7 - Stand Up: Rear One Arm Choke (drag back)Lesson #8 - Ground: Pinned On Your Stomach (attacker is sitting on your back)Lesson #9 - Stand Up: FULL REVIEW of all Stand Up SkillsLesson #10 - Ground: FULL REVIEW of all Ground SkillsNo previous experience is required.  Lessons are designed for all levels and abilities and are formatted to follow along and practice with the instructor.   Have a friend you want to train with?  These skills are also great to work with a training partner.  Grab a friend and let's get started!

Overview

Section 1: Layer of Defense

Lecture 1 Training & Planning

Lecture 2 Awareness

Lecture 3 Avoidance

Lecture 4 De-escalation

Lecture 5 Verbal Commands

Lecture 6 Distance & Preparation

Lecture 7 Physical Skills

Section 2: Lesson #1: Stand Up Skills (Wrist Grabs)

Lecture 8 Basics: Palm Heel Strike

Lecture 9 Basics: Eye Jab

Lecture 10 Basics: Throat Strike

Lecture 11 Basics: Knee Strike

Lecture 12 Basics: Instep Kick

Lecture 13 Technique: Single Wrist Grab

Lecture 14 Technique: Double Wrist Grab

Section 3: Lesson #2 Ground Skills (Kicking & Distance)

Lecture 15 Basics: On Your Back. How to fall, prepare and defense from your back.

Lecture 16 Basics: On Your Side - Distance and Kick

Lecture 17 Basics: From Hands & Knees - Kicking and Get Up!

Lecture 18 Basics: Review All Kicks & Positions

Lecture 19 Basics: Mobility - Keep them in front of you!

Lecture 20 Drill #1 - Move!

Lecture 21 Drill #2 - Move & Kick!

Lecture 22 Drill #3 - Move, Kick, and Get Up!

Section 4: Lesson #3 Stand Up Skills (Chokes)

Lecture 23 Basics: Forward Elbow

Lecture 24 Basics: Side Elbow

Lecture 25 Basics: Rear Elbow

Lecture 26 Basics: Cover & Protect

Lecture 27 Technique: Front Choke

Lecture 28 Technique: Rear Choke

Section 5: Lesson #4 - Ground Skills (Mounted Defense)

Lecture 29 Basics: Position Breakdown & Initial Attacks

Lecture 30 Basics: Bridging / Bridge & Reach Skill

Lecture 31 Basics: Shrimping

Lecture 32 Technique: 1) Hit & Get Up, 2) Hit Shrimp/Push, Get Up!

Lecture 33 Technique: 3) Full Technique

Lecture 34 Technique: Attack Variations (Hand Grabs & Chokes)

Section 6: Lesson #5 - Stand Up Skills (Bear Hug / Hair Grab)

Lecture 35 Basics: Rear Driving Elbow

Lecture 36 Basics: Rear Hammer

Lecture 37 Basics: Rear Round Elbow

Lecture 38 Basics: Scoop Kick

Lecture 39 Technique: Bear Hug

Lecture 40 Technique: Hair Grab

Section 7: Lesson #6 - Ground Skills (Inside Guard "between legs")

Lecture 41 Basics: Position Breakdown & Initial Attacks

Lecture 42 Technique: "Inching"

Lecture 43 Technique: "Shrimping"

Lecture 44 Technique: "Hook & Roll"

Section 8: Lesson #7 - Stand Up Skills (Rear One Arm Choke)

Lecture 45 Basics: Rear Elbow, Rear Hammer, Rear Round Elbow

Lecture 46 Technique: Early Recognition & Response

Lecture 47 Technique: Late Recognition (tight hold/drag back)

Lecture 48 Technique: Quick Response (eye jab)

Section 9: Lesson #8 - Ground Skills (Pinned On Your Stomach)

Lecture 49 Technique: Above The Hips

Lecture 50 Technique: Below The Hips

Lecture 51 Technique: Approaching From Below (Grabbing Ankles/Feet)

Section 10: Lesson #9 - Stand Up (FULL REVIEW)

Lecture 52 Review: All Attacks (Strikes & Kicks)

Lecture 53 Review: All Grab Techniques

Lecture 54 Drill: 2 Minute Drill On All Grab Techniques

Section 11: Lesson #10 - Ground Skills (FULL REVIEW)

Lecture 55 Review: Kicking & Distance

Lecture 56 Review: Mounted Defense

Lecture 57 Review: Inside Guard "Between Legs"

Lecture 58 Review: Pinned On Stomach

This course is for individuals who are interesting in developing a simple and effective response to physical threats and how to avoid potentially dangerous situations. Whether this is your first time exploring any sort of self defense training or you are an experienced practitioner our goal is that you leave this course with a plan. You don’t have to be perfect at it, you don’t have to even remember everything, however just understanding that you CAN do something and that you HAVE a response is a huge step in the right direction for your personal safety! Like any skill the more you do the better you will own that skill. Be patient, stick with it and don’t be afraid to put in some good repetitions! We are excited to be on this journey with you and look forward to helping to empower you to be a better, stronger, and more prepared version of yourself!